What's more perfect than the most perfect nectarine? Maybe the most perfect peach? Maybe? Or a barrel full of perfectly ripe cherries? I don't know, they're all pretty perfect. Stone fruit is absolute heaven in summer—bursting with sweet, juicy flavor, it really is "nature's candy." And that's a term I hate, because my mom used to force fruit into me by trying to spin it as candy. Well, I was young and foolish, I didn't yet know that mom always knows best. I raise this perfect tangerine in her honor! Or, I raise the pit, because the rest of it's gone. Oops!
